Identification device



v www@ A. B. HENNECH IDENTIFICATION DEVICE Filed June 16,' 1922 ATTO R N EY Patented Apr. 3, i923.

P A T if ARTHUR B. HENNECH, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR TRADING CORPORATION, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

To all @1J/omit muy concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. HnNNncH, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing at New York, in the county of N ew York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Identiication Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to identification devices.

The principal object of this invention is the provision of an identification device, so constructed that after the same is once sealed., access to the .identification sheet can only be obtained by splitting the barrel of the device, thereby rendering the same useless.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device whereby the identification sheet is enclosed in the water tight compartment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an identification device which is extremely cheap of manufacture and simple to assemble and .very practical for the purpose intended.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l, is a perspective view of my improved identification device.

Figure 2, is a vertical sectional view therethrough.

Figure 3, is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4, is a perspective view of the several parts of the device.

Figure 5, is a perspective view after the seal has been broken.

My identification device about to be described is primarily intended for use upon furs. Ofttimes, it happens that a dealer in furs is compelled to send rare and valuable furs out of his establislnnent to be dyed. It is very easy for the dyer to substitute cheaper and inferior furs for the valuable ones sent by the furrier, due to the inability of a furrier to identify his original furs. My identification device may be attached to the fur when sent to the dyerI and left on dur- 1922. serial No. 568,842.

ing the dyeing operation, due to the same being waterproof. The device may also be lused for various other purposes, such as dyeing and bleaching silks and skins.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates my improved identification device which consists of a barrel G, made preferably from wood, the same being open at its top as at 7 and closed at its bottom as at 8.

Insertable in the open end of the barrel 6, is a plug 9, having a head 10 and a reduced stem 11. Diametrically opposed slots 12, are formed in the head 10 for a purpose to be presently described.

An identification sheet is shown at .13, having suflicient identication indicia thereon to permit identification of the goods to which the .same is used. The identification sheet 13 is provided at its ends on reverse faces thereof with adhesives 14 and l5.

In assembling the device the end of the sheet 13 carrying the adhesive `141 is secured to the stem 1l of the plug 9. The sheet 13 is wound around the stem, after which an endless strap 16 of leather is passed beneath the plug and up through the slots 12 in the head 10, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, thereby forming a loop or handle 17 for attaching the device to a fur or the like. The other end of the identification sheet is secured to the inner wall of the barrel by means of t ie adhesive 15. When the plug 9 is inserted into the barrel 6, an adhesive such as glue is applied to the head 10 for sealing the same against the wall of the barrel, thereby forming a device which is not only water tight but one which cannot be tampered with. When access to the identification sheet is desired it is necessary to split the barrel G and unroll the identification sheet from around the stem of the plug, as shown in Figure 5, of the drawing. By securing one end of the identification sheet to the interior of the barrel and the other end to the plug, it will be seen that when the barrel is split, the, section of the barrel ha\f'ing the identification sheet secured thereto will serve as a hand grasp for unrolling the sheet from the plug.

While I have herein fully shown and described and have pointed out in the appended claims, what I consider to be the preferred form of my invention, I wish it to he understood that changes, alterations and modifications that corne Within the claims may he resorted to when desired,

What is claimed as new is l. A device of the class described, cornprising` a .barrel opened at one of its ends,

` a pluginserted in the barrel, said plug having a reduced extension, an identification sheet Wound about the 'extension oi said plug, one end of said sheet beingA attached to the plug', the other vend .of said sheet being` attached to the interior Wall of the barrel, a strap passed about said plug` and extend* ing out of said barrel to forni an attaching loop, and means forherinetically sealing the I identification sheet Within ysaid barrel.

2. An identication device comprising a barrel open at one end, a plug adapted to be inserted into said barrel, said plug' having a head and a reduced extension, an identiiication sheet Wound lloont the extension, one end oi said sheet adaptedto be secured to the extension and the other end of said sheet secured to the inner Wall of the barrel, a strap passing about the plug and extending to the exterior of the barrel, an adhesive'applied to the head of said plug; ttor hermetically sealing the saine Within the barrel.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sign alture.

ARTHUR B. HENNE CH. 

